The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-15

tho timbcrs of the roof and building, but
with very slight damage. A negro house
on College Hill, In which William Robert
son lives, was struck about the chimney.
The mantelpiece was shivered ard some
things on it injured, but his wife and anoth
er person, who were in the rear of the build
ing, were uninjured. A pine tree on j. &.
Wilson's place was also struck. 1t may lave
struck in other places also.
For some time past the family Of w. d.
Newell, who lives about three miles from
Lamar, have been unaccountably and seri-
ously sick. Thinking, at last, that the
water they were drinking might be the
cause Of the trouble, Mr.. Newell had his
well cleaned out, when there was brought
TO the surface a package carefully tied up
and containing certain substances which
physician pronounced as poisonous. Mr.,
Newell thinks there is NO doubt that this
package was placed in his well by some
malicious person with view to exterminat-
ing the whole family, but who it was that
committed such diabolical act has not yet
been discovered Since the removal Of the
package the whole family have recovered,
and Mr.. Newell has taken steps to prevent
recurrence of this dastardly outrage by
placing his well under lock and key.
A sensation was created Monday after
noon by a family Of five being nearly
drowned trying to cross the creek in Fort
returning from Hodges to his home i'll
Lowndesville, and although the water was
so wide, he thought it best to cross and get
to town before it rained harder. When he
reached the middle of the stream the cur
rent was too swift for the mules and the
wagon was turned clear around Nose cut
the harness and then tried to swim out with
his little girl, but both went under several
times. The child caught ON limb and held
on until assistance came. The father after
being carried almost to the culvert i'll the
railroad track, caught to tree and pulled
himself to higher land, but even then ho
was i'll water up to his neck BY this time
a large crowd of people had collected on the
track, consisting of negroes, but no one
seemed willing to venture in j. s. Ham
mond and j. G. Douglass, rescued the sink
ing parties by swimming in for them, and
deserve great deal of credit II they had
not been there the poor people would have
drowned.
The prospects Of the rice crop in other
places in South Carolina are in vivid and
encouraging contrast with the doomed Sa-
yannah river crop. A representative of the
firm of Messrs. William c. Bee & Co., fur
nished number of reports from most of the
planting sections of the State. On Comba-
hee river the crop is considered good. There
has been some trouble on account of the
salt water overflow, but the harvest fresh
water is now on the crop and no i'll results
are anticipated. On the river it is estima-
short. On the Santee river the
crops are reported very good 1t is just
possible that the freshets from the up-coun-
try may do some injury yet, but there are
favorable chances of escape. From George
town the accounts are encouraging. On
Rantowle's creek the crops have suffered Sc
verely for want of water, which has been
caused by Cav Cav swamp, the great water
reservoir for this section being dry during
the greater part of the season. The rice
trade of Charleston will, therefore, be eff
fected only to the extent of half the losses
on the Savannah river as the other half
usually goes to the Savannah market.
Rock Hill Herald: The baby exhibition,
which had been looked forward TO with great
deal of expectancy by many of the mothers
Of the community, was held on Tuesday af
ternoon and was the event of the season.
The show was well patronized by the babies
Of the town and vicinity, and every little
heart seemed to enjoy the novel sport Each
child was labelled and the voting was by
number instead of name The competition
was spirited at times and the result was the
gathering in of a considerable amount of
cash. In the infants department little
Lillian, the S-months-old daughter of Mr.
Thomas Flowers, received the greatest
number OF votes, and was awarded
the prize, and in the department for
children above and under 5 years,
Mamie, daughter of Mr.. J. F. Reid, received
more votes than either of her competitors
and was awarded the prize The show was
well attended and was highly enjoyed 1t
did not break up in free fight between the
mothers, as was confidently expected, but
was just as nice and orderly as could be de-
sired. 1t is true that each mother thought
her own bright, particular ''dumplin doc
die" was the "cutest" and far outShone all
the others, and of course would carry off
the prize, but they yielded to the verdict
against them with surprising equanimity,
which showed the heroism of the mothers
of our children under such trying circum-
stances God bless the mothers! 1.-THE
hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that
rules the world''-and empties the pocket
book.